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110 / 473 verbs
Infinitif / Present
Preterite form(s)
Past Participle form(s)
Meaning

A

awake

awaking

awoke - awakened
awoken, awakened
To become conscious after having slept.

B

be(am, is, are)

being

was - were
been
To exist. Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it.

beat

beating

beat
beaten, beat
To strike or to hit repeatedly.

become

becoming

became
become
To turn into.

begin

beginning

began
begun
To start, to initiate or take the first step

bend

bending

bent
bent
To curve something's shape, to be inclined, to change direction.

bid(offer amount)

bidding

bid
bid
To offer a particular amount of money for something that is for sale.

bite

biting

bit
bitten
To attack with the teeth.

bleed

bleeding

bled
bled
To lose blood.

break

breaking

broke
broken
To separate into pieces, to fracture or to crack.

bring

bringing

brought
brought
To transport toward somebody/somewhere.

build

building

built
built
To form by combining materials or parts.

burn

burning

burnt - burned
burnt, burned
To be consumed by fire, or in flames. To be injured with heat or chemicals.

buy

buying

bought
bought
To obtain something in exchange for money or goods.

C

catch

catching

caught
caught
To capture, to overtake, to grab, to take.

choose

choosing

chose
chosen
To pick; to make the choice of; to select.

come

coming

came
come
To move from further away to nearer to.

cost

costing

cost
cost
To require payment.

cut

cutting

cut
cut
To divide with a knife or scissors.

D

dare

daring

durst - dared
durst, dared
To have enough courage to do something.

deal

dealing

dealt
dealt
To distribute among a number of recipients, to take action.

disprove

disproving

disproved
disproved, disproven
To reject, to refuse approval.

do

doing

did
done
To perform, to execute.

draw

drawing

drew
drawn
To produce a picture with pencils, crayons, chalks, etc.

dream

dreaming

dreamt - dreamed
dreamt, dreamed
To see imaginary events while sleeping.

drink

drinking

drank
drunk
To consume a liquid.

drive

driving

drove
driven
To direct a vehicle.

E

eat

eating

ate
eaten
To ingest.

F

fall

falling

fell
fallen
To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.

feel

feeling

felt
felt
To use the sense of touch. To experience an emotion or mental state.

fight

fighting

fought
fought
To engage in combat.

find

finding

found
found
To discover.

fly

flying

flew
flown
To travel through the air.

forbid

forbidding

forbade
forbidden
To refuse to allow something, to proscribe.

forget

forgetting

forgot
forgot, forgotten
To lose remembrance or memory.

forgive

forgiving

forgave
forgiven
To pardon, to not desire a punishment, retribution, or compensation.

freeze

freezing

froze
frozen
To become solid due to low temperature.

G

get

getting

got
gotten, got
To obtain, to acquire.

give

giving

gave
given
To make a present or gift. To transfer one's possession to someone else.

go

going

went
gone
To move, to travel, to navigate.

grow

growing

grew
grown
To become bigger, to sprout.

H

hang

hanging

hung - hanged
hung, hanged
To be or remain suspended. To execute by suspension from the neck.

have

having

had
had
To possess, own, hold.

hear

hearing

heard
heard
To perceive sounds through the ear.

hide

hiding

hid
hidden
To put in a place where it will be harder to discover, out of sight.

hit

hitting

hit
hit
To attack. To come into contact with forcefully and suddenly.

hold

holding

held
held
To grasp or grip. To contain or store.

hurt

hurting

hurt
hurt
To cause pain or injury.

K

keep

keeping

kept
kept
To hold the status of something, to watch for.

know

knowing

knew
known
To have knowledge, to have information, to be informed.

L

lay

laying

laid
laid
To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.

learn

learning

learnt - learned
learnt, learned
To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something.

leave

leaving

left
left
To depart, to separate from.

let

letting

let
let
To allow, to give, grant, or assign.

lie(give false information)

lying

lied
lied
To give false information intentionally.

lie(horizontal position)

lying

lay
lain
To rest in a horizontal position on a surface

lose

losing

lost
lost
To cause something to cease to be in one's possession or capability

M

make

making

made
made
To build, construct, or produce.

mean

meaning

meant
meant
To have intentions.

meet

meeting

met
met
To make contact with someone while in proximity.

misspell

misspelling

misspelt - misspelled
misspelt, misspelled
To spell incorrectly.

misunderstand

misunderstanding

misunderstood
misunderstood
To understand incorrectly, something different.

O

oversleep

oversleeping

overslept
overslept
To sleep for longer than planned.

P

pay

paying

paid
paid
To give money or other compensation in exchange for goods or services.

put

putting

put
put
To place something somewhere.

R

read

reading

read
read
To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.

retake

retaking

retook
retaken
To take something again or to take it back.

ride

riding

rode
ridden
To move by sitting on an animal or in a vehicle.

rise

rising

rose
risen
To move or grow upwards.

run

running

ran
run
To go at a fast pace, to move quickly.

S

say

saying

said
said
To pronounce. To tell, either verbally or in writing.

see

seeing

saw
seen
To perceive or detect with the eyes, or as if by sight.

seek

seeking

sought
sought
To try to find, to look for, to search for.

sell

selling

sold
sold
To transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money.

send

sending

sent
sent
To make something go from one place to another.

set

setting

set
set
To put down, to rest. To put in a specific condition.

shake

shaking

shook
shaken
To cause something to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.

shave

shaving

shaved
shaved, shaven
To make bald or to cut the hair close to the skin.

show

showing

shew - showed
shown, showed
To display.

shrink

shrinking

shrank - shrunk
shrunk
To become smaller, to contract.

shut

shutting

shut
shut
To close, to stop from being open.

sing

singing

sang
sung
To produce musical or harmonious sounds with the voice.

sit

sitting

sat
sat
To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the buttocks.

sleep

sleeping

slept
slept
To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.

smell

smelling

smelt - smelled
smelt, smelled
To sense a smell.

sneak

sneaking

snuck - sneaked
snuck, sneaked
To come or go while trying to avoid detection.

speak

speaking

spoke
spoken
To have a conversation, to communicate.

speed

speeding

sped - speeded
sped, speeded
To go fast.

spell

spelling

spelt - spelled
spelt, spelled
To read letter by letter. Also, to affect by a spell.

spend

spending

spent
spent
To pay out some money.

spill

spilling

spilt - spilled
spilt, spilled
To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess, to accidentally pour.

stand

standing

stood
stood
To support oneself on the feet.

steal

stealing

stole
stolen
To take illegally, or without the owner's permission

stick

sticking

stuck
stuck
To compose, to set, or arrange. To become or remain attached.

strip

stripping

stript - stripped
stript, stripped
To remove or take away. To take off clothing.

swear

swearing

swore
sworn
To take an oath. To use offensive, profane, or obscene language.

sweat

sweating

sweat - sweated
sweat, sweated
To excrete moisture through the skin.

swim

swimming

swam
swum
To move through the water.

T

take

taking

took
taken
To seize, to capture, to catch.

teach

teaching

taught
taught
To pass on knowledge.

tell

telling

told
told
To say to someone.

think

thinking

thought
thought
To plan, to consider, to judge.

U

understand

understanding

understood
understood
To know something, to be familiar with a concept.

undo

undoing

undid
undone
To reverse the effects of an action.

upset

upsetting

upset
upset
To make someone angry, distressed, or unhappy.

W

wake

waking

woke - waked
woken, waked
To stop sleeping. To put in motion or action.

wear

wearing

wore
worn
To carry or be equipped with clothes, a piece of equipment, a decoration, etc.

win

winning

won
won
To conquer, to defeat. To achieve victory.

withdraw

withdrawing

withdrew
withdrawn
To take back. To extract. To pull back.

write

writing

wrote
written
To form letters, words or symbols to communicate.